REPORT: Billionaires Caught Using Donations To Urge NYC Mayor To Crush Columbia Protests
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- A group of CEO's and billionaires met with New York Mayor Eric Adams to encourage him to send police to Columbia University's pro-peace encampment. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks. Your Support is Crucial to the Show: tyt.com/team
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"A group of billionaires and business titans working to shape U.S. public opinion of the war in Gaza privately pressed New York City’s mayor last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, according to communications obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the group.
Business executives including Kind snack company founder Daniel Lubetzky, hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb, billionaire Len Blavatnik and real estate investor Joseph Sitt held a Zoom video call on April 26 with Mayor Eric Adams (D), about a week after the mayor first sent New York police to Columbia’s campus, a log of chat messages shows. During the call, some attendees discussed making political donations to Adams, as well as how the chat group’s members could pressure Columbia’s president and trustees to permit the mayor to send police to the campus to handle protesters, according to chat messages summarizing the conversation."
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And there will be zero consequences, i'm so disgusted at how blatantly corrupt my country has become.
That’s democracy!!!!
Become? America has been corrupted since the beginning…
Become? lol you are very slow
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It's always been corrupt. We are just finally waking up
Free America from AIPAC
John Mearsheimer has written an excellent book: The Israel Lobby.
Hey it's antisemetic to criticize corruption
Those billionaires want to destroy our First Amendment!!
Juz
When billionaires buy politicians to do their bidding and crush dissent, it’s called an oligarchy. That’s where we are at in America.
What kind of billionaires are they
Seems like it is by design.
Like a foreign billionaire funding the protesters. Aka George Soros, you know same billionaire who funded countless woke DAs leading to high crime
From what’s been reported the protesters have been funded by George Soros and Bill Gates. Has anyone noticed all those tents look identical not matter what city. Somebody has been paying the agitators.
So is it the best protest money can buy ?
Also, maybe Iran is helping the funding. I know the offered protesters scholarships Iran. If they’re true believers they should go for it!
This has been going on for far longer than we might be able to know
Israel has no right to commit genocide.
They are not
@@Enduser323 cope in your propoganda. must be horrible living in propetual a North-Korea like grandur of delusional victimhood.
@@Enduser323 if it walks like a G3rman...
@isaaccalderonnavarro8371 Openly stating that you're going to kill or displace everyone to build a jewish only beach resort and get their natural gas is ethnic cleansing. There's no debate here loser
Rights are a social construct something we all agree on. Rights don't exist in nature. But every human on the planet that had children agree killing children is wrong. Israel thinks they are defending themselves not committing genocide. What can't be debated is they are looking for revenge not defense and killing children . European settlers had no right to commit genocide against Native North Americans and to this day the same European settlers make sure they stay on their reservations. Reservation polite word for concentration camp.. Point is how to stop them from killing children?
I BET YOU CNN WILL NOT SAY A WORD ABOUT THIS
Neither FOX, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, etc. I've turned them all off. I wish the rest of the US would do the same.
America should have no foreign passport holder in governments office.
Point blank!!!!!
Agree 100%.
Ironically, I think Israel requires Knesset members to renounce other citizenship s that they hold.
@@ard767 No, if a Knesset member is not a cabinet member, they can definitely be dual citizens.
Only a small percentage of Congressmen are dual citizens. White House cabinet members, FBI, CIA are not allowed dual citizenship.
@@QUINTUSMAXIMUS does Blinken not have dual citizenship?
These billionaires need to be stripped of their wealth and sent to The Hague
So steal people’s money and in prison them for being political opposition and you call them fascist !
Should the billionaires like Soros that fund protesters be treated the same way ?
It's a scary thought that Adams was a police officer.
That explains his deceptions and misleading the public…
Far too long the world has ignored Israel’s behavior toward Palestinians. Look up the term, “Mowing the grass”. Palestinians have been suffering at the hands of Israel for decades and the world ignored it.
Why is it the same people who chant “death to America” and “from the river to the sea”?
@@fibsone yeah, why would people thousands of miles away from america hate its government and military, oh wait, have you fallen for the line '' they hate our way of life''? haha, yeah that would be funny if you think that still flys. the west has overthrown democracies and installed dictators in every country in the middle east, i let you figure out why we are so interested in the place, its not just israel. its not religion. and if you think about it, trump kinda said clear the swamp, so you kinda agree with those guys chanting that america has to be saved, civil war much? its about money, and abuse of the poor people like you and me, as long you think i or those chanters are your enemy, the money wins. we're being played my friend. ps. everything trump said about america, the left has been saying since the 60's.. go check what occupy wall street protests were about.
This billionaire shall be charged with treason
Buying politicians, it's what Billionaires do
Billionaires might be rich but they are not wise. Wisdom usually starts with a good moral compass.
They have been doing this a long time. I call it treason, they call it business.
I was not surprised by Eric Adam’s selling his soul and integrity for dirty money.
Let the rich Jews send their money to Israel not Americans taxpayers.
Free America from AIPAC, ADL.
That's some crazy FOREIGN INFLUENCE on AMERICAN 1st amendment rights 👀
This manipulation of political actions through donations undermines democracy and highlights the troubling impact of money in American politics
There is no democracy.
It's called bribery and corruption no other soft words should be used.
NOt the first time in History where billionaires supported fascism !
Exactly!
2000 lb bombs supplied by the United States of America 😢 and donate billions of billions of dollars other countries wars but we can't afford healthcare for all United States 😮
WOW EXACTLY 👍
Ana, every victim of police brutality suffered at Columbia University, faculty and students, should contact the ACLU and file a class action suit against the Mayor, NYPD and actors who instigated these crimes.
Bill Mahr seemed to be saying that Israel has the right to attack others in "Self defense" but no one else has the right to defend themselves against attacks by Israel.
in the 90s we were told bill maher is just a comedian. the man has a heart full of hate
Very hateful man!
I like the fact he states his opinions whether politically correct or not. I don’t always agree with him but I like hearing his perspective. He shouldn’t be shut up by the politically correct police.
Give em Hell Bill !
@@victorbernard1256 if only you understood that you have way more in common with the civilians dying in Gaza than the millionaires and billionaires you seem so intent on defending...
@@mrkkopola you have more in common with the unfortunate youths attending a concert that were attacked and slaughtered. Lives on both sides are valuable.
One thing I don’t have in common with people in Gaza is I was not taught to hate Jews as a kindergartner. I don’t hate Jews and I do not hate Palestinians. There should have been peace a long time ago.
@@victorbernard1256 Indeed, lives on both sides *are* valuable. To me, equally so, evidently that's not the case for you...
The current tally is 764 civilians in Israel Vs 30,000+ civilians in Gaza and 479 civilians in the West Bank.
Of the civilians killed on October 7 -36 were children of which 2 were infants. Since then 116 children have been killed in the West Bank and over 14,000 children have been killed in Gaza (7,700 of which have been positively identified).
If lives on both sides are of equal value - given the ratio of 40 Palestinians to 1 Israeli - surely you should be 40 times as shocked, saddened and disgusted by the Palestinian death toll?
Worse, there have been 389 Palestinian children killed for each 1 of the Israeli children sickeningly taken from this world. Are you 389 times as distraught?
The answer is obviously that you're not... and why would that be? Why is the life of an Israeli child worth more than 389 Palestinian children to you?
I have my suspicions, but I'll give you a chance to give some sort of cogent answer to that question... Go ahead, I'll wait...
Billionaires should not exist. No one "earns" that kind of money, and that kind of wealth is guaranteed to be used to corrupt the political process.
It is called theft
That type of system existed, it was called the Soviet Union. It didn’t work it had even fewer rich people who controlled everything.
You should read Orwell’s book Animal Farm it exposes the fallacy in such a system.
Besides being called theft, it’s called communism. The Soviet Union failed because its flaws. Read Orwell’s book Animal Farm he exposes the fallacies of such a system.
This type of system existed and controlled a large part of earth. It was called the Soviet Union. In the end it led to a small group who controlled everything and led to millions of people being killed by the state.
Check out the book Animal Farm quite a good satirical depiction of what happens.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm
@@Allpro007 it’s also called communism
Idk guys, I hate how much power another country has over our ‘leaders’
They need to release the chat logs, this is ridiculous, this should have consequences
Corruption? Yes.
Democracy? You kidding?
Rich people better hide in their castles because people wont stop. People have seen too much to ignore now
The 2nd amendment looking extremely useful.
@psyborg4706 but but... we hate the second amendment on this channel
I find it funny people who threaten others because of their money or political view call others fascist. Isn’t it the fascist who kill their political opposition and take all their money.
Sounds to me you are the fascist !
Now you are talking about being the fascist.
@@victorbernard1256 It's called rebalancing power.
I find it so funny these rich guys are so scared of these young kids....
Oh please nothing here is funny
Let’s start naming the “Billionaires” by name!
I wouldn’t hold your breath. They own everything- politicians, real estate, huge corporations including ALL media outlets. Or the platforms they broadcast on, or the parent company of that. You and I, know what they want us to know. They sprinkle bread crumbs to keep us occupied, while they slowly but surely do exactly whatever they want. And you know what they want, more for themselves and less for everyone else.
Bullyonare
Well we can start with George Soros, you know the guy funding the students and the agitators.
Billionaires have way too much power.
Yes.
White billionaires yes
@@Jesse-ii5md so if they are non white being a billionaire ok?
Bizarre !
Uh oh, someone at Facebook is about to lose their job for violating WhatsApp's privacy policy 😆 but seriously, whoever leaked this has serious balls.
So many morally corrupt people!
Forget government by the people, for the people. It's government for the wealthy by the wealthy.
Howard Schultz of Starbucks? I guess that boycott is never going to end then.
Makes me want a Starbucks Latte !
Corruption in politics is a crime against humanity.
Erroneous statement, it would depend on the corruption committed. In this case it’s not even corruption, you’re just mad because others disagree with your movement. It’s called political opposition. Common thing in a representative democracy.
@@victorbernard1256 The United States of America is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Elected officials are openly bought by mafias called lobbies. These mafias force american politicians to conduct a foreign policy contrary to the interests of the american people.
Before October 7 Palestinians had died at 25 times the rate of is ra elis in conflicts in Isra el and lived under an apartheid regime and campaign of ethnic cleansing for 75 years. So actually Bill Maher, it’s the Palestinians that had a right to respond.
Wow, we really can see who controls things and is pulling the strings. This beyond alarming.
The really sad part is wealthy people did donate money to interfere and did so on behalf of Israel.... and pointing that out is labeled as "antisemitism" instead of the interference being referred to as corruption.
The interfering billionaires and their NYPD thugs are a danger to society.
They're domestic terrorists.
Ok sure I’m scared. Not
The truth is slowly rising to the surface......
The Washington Post should upload these WhatsApp logs to UA-cam and let them roll, like credits at the end of a movie.
AIPAC group chat got leaked 😂
Political donation? why don't we call it for what it is, Political Brides. those donations are pure corruption punishable by law.
That is great journalism. The truth will always come out regardless how deep they try to bury it.
This is a huge story. Massive. Bigger than the protests themselves. And it will get buried.
Let's get this straight the richest people in America bought a snuff film and are not being held accountable WTF
And nothing will be done about this. They could care less whether the public knows or not because no group is powerful enough to do anything about it. The people in that chat group owns the country and the politicians within it.
You can make them care. Don't buy kind bars or Starbucks or anything else related to those who support un-aliving children. McDonald's and Starbucks both reported large drops in profits. You have power with your spending.
@@steve7236 I already do boycott many of those products.
Every name and business mentioned there shall be boycotted
a colonizer doesn't have the right to defend itself, a colonizer doesn't have the right to go after the resistance
You guys are doing a great job exposing these traitors
Does this surprise anyone?
No, but still who the hell elected these guys. This genocide made possible by John Roberts & Citizens United with generous funding from AIPAC & friends.
All hedge fund managers should all be in jail
American politicians the best money can buy
Which = 💩
it is insane we get to witness this in world history
The kids are allowed to protest. The police should protect the kids.
Accusations of antisemitism are fast becoming meaningless. It's a classic case of the little boy who cried wolf and there are plenty of real wolves on the sidelines salivating at all of this... smh
And now they've resorted to calling the sheep wolves...
this needs to go super viral
Kick adams out. Nyc is one large dumpster fire.
Yes, it is. Adams is just one tiny molecule in NYC's critical mass of crappiness.
@@stevensica5918 he is a weak leader.
Agreed he’s way too easy on crime. Get someone who will stop the rampant crime in the city.
@@victorbernard1256 NOTHING short of population transfer is going to stop crime in NYC. There must be something in the air and in the water that makes NYC so uniquely criminogenic.
Yes, stat heads, I know about the NYC is the Safest Big City in America stats. Stats are jiggered and massaged and manipulated all the time. There is no reason to believe that NYC authorities are preternaturally honest in this regard.
Please don't not underestimate boycotting. So let's boycott those brands who are supporting the genocide and went this far against the freedom of the ppl
"American democracy - for sale".
Thank you for your honest reporting.
Disgusting. But sadly, not surprising at all.
WE WON’T FORGET, ERIC ADAMS.
WE WILL REMEMBER AT THE POLLS
The next one will be just as corrupt and in the pocket of Israel as he is.
Dreadful Billionaires. Take the money off them so they have to get out and do some real work rather than trying to spin situations and facts towards their own viewpoints.
You are right foreign billionaires should not be in our politics. George Soros should be stopped. Stop funding the protesters.
Ahad Ha'Am, a Russian Jew, on the behavior of Jewish settlers. Report of 1891.
"Yet what do our brethren do in Palestine? Just the very opposite! Serfs they were in the lands of the Diaspora and suddenly they find themselves in unrestricted freedom and this change has awakened in them an inclination to despotism. They treat the Arabs with hostility and cruelty, deprive them of their rights, offend them without cause and even boast of these deeds; and nobody among us opposes this despicable and dangerous inclination ..."
Disgusting! I hate Erick Adams he turned out to be so corrupted and incapable of leading our great city! Never again!
Im glad i never voted for him, once i saw he was a cop there was no way this guy wasn't corrupt
What did you expect from law enforcement mentality?
@@ttheway2life157 As a cop he’s done a terrible job. The crime in the city is exploding, so he must have been a terrible cop.
From what I saw the NYPD was extremely professional and did a great job clearing out the protesters with minimal violence. They should be applauded.
So the high crime rate is on the politicians not the cops.
Maybe they need reminding that support for a genocide is being complicit in the genocide..
I think we need to raise the tax rate on the superwealthy, and we need to take the money out of the election cycles.
Eric Adams is so shameless
he visited Africa for spiritual reasons
but doesn't know Izrael supported WHTE south Africa gov and helped capture Mandela?
if all this effort was put into stopping the pr0tests, then they must of been working.
Protesters are the lost hope for America
Last hope 😊
Power to the people 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
TYT really doing a great work....🙏🏾🇿🇦
Don't like antis*mitic tropes? Don't do antis*mitic tropes.
Such as...
"9,000 children, 5,000 women"...such antisemitism I'm spouting.
Absolute power corrupts, absolutely
I bet they are all a part of AIPAC!
And they say we're nuts for believing what we see.
Corruption worst than a 3rd world country
Stop talking like Oct 7 was the beginning. It is the result of 70 years of torture. If Israel act on civilians then why was Hamas doing the same wrong?
Oct 7 was fake
Yes, Anna tries to walk that line of not being full on Israel supporter but forgetting the history that ultimately led to the tragedy of Oct 7th.
THIS DOES NOT GIVE YOU RIGHTS TO KILL OTHER PEOPLE
Thanks for revealing this to the world 🌍.
We call that corruption.
Thanks . Keep up the good work.
It is as if the billionaires want to confirm all Jewish prejudices.
anything happening to Pal3stinians today, can happen to any minor1ty group.
i remember Izrael supported Whte south Africa and called Mandela a Terr0rist.
Isreal is the definition of injustice
I hope NYC is interviewing new Mayors....
How incriminating. He was already not seen positively, and now this.
I have never trusted Eric Adams from day one
From the river to the sea Palestine will be free
You are a terrorist
Corruption , and nothing, but corruption, at the very highest levels.
World's largest corruption!
I’d leave a comment about how sickening it is that our politicians care more about a hand full of billionaires than their actual constituents and the betterment of the United States, but that would be antisemitic..
Yep
You would be a terrorist:)
Well put. Israel has become Nazi Germany.
The thing that is interesting about this situation is even the Pro-Palestine channels, like this one, preface what they say with Hamas started this with October 7th and as such Israel had a right to respond. The thing is, this started well before October 7th. Israel has treated the Palestiniains like SH_T for decades. Rationing what is allowed into Palestine, rationing the amount of food able to get in and pretty much dictating the lives of the Palestinian people. Seems like Israel is at the root of this problem. Meanwhile, the world has known this was happening. Particularly countries like the US. If Hamas had not done, what they did, nobody would be thinking of Palestine right now. They would continue to be subjugated to rule and dictatorship of Israel. These were, and currently are, oppressed people. The US was once a colony of Britain, yet US gained its independence in a violent way. That is celebrated annually on July 4th. When the Palestinian people seek their independence they are criticized by just about everyone. Even the people who are Pro-Palestine. The Israeli's call them Human Animals. The world could have prevented this by intervening before and chose not too.
The Palestinians fight for land the Jews fight to exist.
Hamas’s charter is to kill all Jews. So if Israel lose there will be a second Holocaust.
Ana Kasparian, you are just phenomenal!
Mayor Eric Giuliani Bloomberg Adams needs to be investigated, prosecuted and sued
Kanye west said so
Lets be clear looking at before October 7 Palestinians deserve justice so lets not ignore the 70 years of apartheid, oppression and the colonial and imperialist actions with Palestinians not have any way yo defend themselves not only against the vile and evil diaper force but also against the disgusting settlers and all the rights violations they have suffered. Lets be clear this didn’t start on October 7.
Make the universities start paying taxes. Property taxes, capital gains taxes, etc. there is nothing “nonprofit” about these institutions. They are more money driven than any “for-profit” company.
THEY'RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE ANYMORE!!